I understand the reasoning behind the patch by battmanux (I could not yet try it). However I would discourage adopting such a complicated behavior in which openshot tries to "fix the project itself" without asking -- just consider what confusing behavior this would have for users who have source video files with the same name in different locations of the disk.
In my opinion, at least at first it would be safer to adopt one of the following, well-defined behaviors. Option A) Just use relative paths for everything Option B) Use relative paths for anything within or below the .osp file directory, keep absolute paths for everything else (similar to what PowerPoint does with linked video files: if the linked file it's in the same directory as the ppt it's expected to be moved around together with the ppt, else it's an absolute path). Just my 2 cents -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot Bugs, which is subscribed to OpenShot Video Editor. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538558 Title: absolute paths in .osp Status in OpenShot Video Editor: Triaged Bug description: Hi, I have opened .osp file with text editor and seems like paths to media files in project are absolute. It will be great to use relative from .osp file paths to media files. It should be much easy to move(send) clip sources and project file to another location To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/538558/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
